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Welcome to the wonderful world of hubpages. It's a wonderful place to be. The sun is always shining, the birds are always singing, and everyone loves everybody else. You never hear a harsh or unkind word. This is where we go to create and enjoy the creation of others. Come in and visit with us.

The First sight of HubPages Heaven

The trees majestically towered over the rambling cobblestone path. Over the sounds of crunching footsteps the cheerful sounds of a myriad of birds chirping and singing to each other floated down from the trees to the delighted group. Occasionally the sound of a rustle in a bush alongside the pathway reached the group causing them to stop and peer into the bushes hoping to catch sight of the small animals responsible for the slight sound. Unable to spot them the group would silently move on each unwilling to bring to an end the chance to catch a glimpse of the wildlife surrounding them. Each of the hubber silently wondering just how this place could get better.

As they got closer to their destination the trees began to thin out and they were able to catch glimpses of color peeking through the leaves. They rounded a curve in the path there before them was the beginning of a breathtaking garden. The cobblestone path continued to meander lazily this time through the most gorgeous flowering plants. There were various shades of pink and purples climbing over a stone wall and each other.

Where is this path leading us?

Could there be more?

What should we expect?

What fun to explore!

Butterfly garden

RedElf

Enelle Lamb

The Garden of Holidays and Celebrations

The first garden seemed custom made for Redlf and Enelle Lamb. The minute they saw it Enelle wrapped her tail around herself in a cat hug and RedElf began to purr. They were sure to find many wonderful hubs hidden here by hubbers.

As they walked into their garden they mesmerized by the beautiful fragrant flowers in a rainbow of brilliant colors. Delicate Butterflies floated lazily from bloom to bloom while large fat bumble bees buzzed about the blossoms unable to resist the allure of their scent.

Over to the side was a small pond with fish jumping merrily as if to say, "Come on in, the waters fine." Surrounding the pond was a collection of flat rocks just the perfect size to stretch out on and enjoy the warmth of the sun. Oh yes, this was going to be the purrrrfect day. This was the perfect spot to find all of those wonderful well whiten hubs.

ladyjane1

koffeeklatch gals

The Garden of Religion and Philosophy

The next garden was claimed quickly by Ladyjane and KoffeeKlatch Gals, it looked to be a perfect fit. To them it seemed to epitomize the perfect spot to relax and find the hubbers hubs. Talking quietly, they drifted towards a set of steps made out of huge gray rocks leading to an area that held a large wooden swing surrounded by a sea of beautiful flowers in every color imaginable

Further down the path was a magnificent oak tree it's limbs stretched out in such a way that it led one to believe it was placed there for the sole purpose of providing the perfect amount of shade for the bench beneath it. To the left of the tree was a picturesque waterfall with water flowing over groupings of rocks buffeted by flowers that seem to tumble willy-nilly down with the water.

As they settled on the bench beneath they were delighted to by the aroma of fragrantly scented herbs floating gently on the breeze that cooled their skin and lightly ruffled their hair. Oh yes, this was the perfect spot to find those well written hubs.

Patty Inglish

Zsuzsy Bee

The Garden of Politics and Social Issues

Arriving at the last garden Patty Inglish and Zsuzsy Bee just knew this was the one meant for them. The other gardens had been so beautiful they couldn't imagine what their garden would be like. The first thing they saw was a magnificent archway covered in vines just dripping with beautiful deep red blossoms. As they walked through the archway they were greeted by a breeze of perfumed air filled with delightful aromas. There was everything from sweet to spicy to exotic. Their first glance of their special garden took their breath away. Every where they looked there seemed to be a sea of randomly placed flowers, each section more beautiful than the next.

The bubbling brook seemed to play a melodious tune as it flowed and bubbled it's way downstream. The grouping of flowers in riotous colors put them in mind of an Old English Country Garden. There was a small bridge arching gently over the brook, the perfect spot to stand and enjoy the flowing water and the flowers.

There by the brook was a large tree shading two small white filigree tables each with two inviting comfortable looking chairs. They seemed to beckon to them to come, sit, enjoy the peaceful, relaxing, musical sound of the water. Oh yes, this was the perfect spot to find all the well written hubs.

Which one of this week's Holidays and Celebrations nominees is your favorite?

22% Things to Do on Valentine's Day if You're Single

2% Creating A Secret Valentines' Gift Exchange

9% 2011...A New Day

5% Have A Nice Weekend !

24% The Winter Solstice - The Sun moves into Capricorn

38% Today Was My Birthday

148 people have voted in this poll.

This poll is now closed to voting.

The Holidays and Celebrations Nominees

Things to Do on Valentine's Day if You're SingleSo somewhere along the way some saint was named Valentine. In fact if you do a little research you’ll find that there where actually three Saint Valentines way back when and I’m pretty sure that none of...

Creating A Secret Valentines' Gift ExchangeMany people are familiar with the concept of a “Secret
Santa” gift exchange during the holidays where people agree to participate in
several days of gift giving. The idea is
that the participants don’t...

Today Was My Birthday"Today was my birthday." This is a line from an "I Love Lucy" episode. Lucy thinks everyone has forgotten her birthday. She goes to the park to sulk, and while sitting on a bench crying, a group of men and...

Which one of this week's Religion and Philosophy nominees is your favorite?

14% I'm that guy.

55% Making Your Life Count

5% Dream Interpretation - The Meaning of Rainbows

11% The People You'll See In Heaven

5% Absentee Shawnee Sacred Stories story 1

9% Church and State: Its History and Doctrine.

56 people have voted in this poll.

This poll is now closed to voting.

The Religion and Philosophy Nominees

Dream Interpretation - The Meaning of RainbowsI dreamed I was stood in a garden, gazing into the sky. As I watched, rainbows began to appear. At first there were tiny rainbows scattered across the sky but eventually two huge rainbows sat side by side....

The People You'll See In HeavenMany Christians look forward to the glorious day when they will walk the golden streets of Heaven. There will be a lot of people there, and it will be an exciting place. 1 Corinthians 2:9 says that "eye hath...

Absentee Shawnee Sacred Stories story 1I am dying of cancer. I have decided to tell our family sacred stories. I hope to publish soon. I have set this hub up to see if anyone out there can help me publish. I am also looking for someone who wants...

Which one of this week's Politics and Social Issues nominees is your favorite?

13% A Sense of Entitlement

35% Black Civil War Soldiers in the History of the Civil War

9% Sierra Pacific Ind...Forest rapists!

13% The Ten Commandments in a Post Christian America

17% Clean Energy Sources Could Power the World

13% Safe Drinking Water for Families in Rural Developing Countries

23 people have voted in this poll.

This poll is now closed to voting.

The Politics and Social Issues Nominees

A Sense of EntitlementEn•ti•tle•ment 1a: the state or condition of being entitled: right 1b: a right to benefits specified especially by law or contract 2: a government program providing benefits to members of a...

Sierra Pacific Ind...Forest rapists!I live right in the middle of the Shasta-Trinity nation forest. Anyone who is familiar with California's forests, knows that the sq. miles(of forest) are checker-boarded, with half of the forest (in some...

Land of the Midnight HubNuggetsWrting for Hub Pages, HubNuggets, dogsledding, There are strange things done 'neath the midnight sun by those who write for gold; The Arctic trails hide some SEO tales that would turn your printer cold; The Northern Lights witness wondrous sights, bu

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Thanks soneblom, I enjoyed doing it.

soneblom 6 years agofrom South Africa

Congrats,Well done! KoffeeKlatch Gals.... great hub!

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

gypsumgirl, congratulations on becoming a winner, you deserve it. You're going to love it here in HubLand.

gypsumgirl 6 years agofrom Vail Valley, Colorado

Wow!! What an honor to not only be nominated for HubNuggets but ending up as one of the winners as well. THANK YOU all for your support and for reading my "ramblings." It has only been 3 weeks for me in this world of hubs and hubbers, but I can already tell that this is a rockin' place to hang out. Thanks, again, for all the support and I look forward to what is hopefully a long tenure for me on HubPages.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Thanks to you and your friends Rebecca. I am so glad you guys enjoyed the read.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Victoria, what a nice idea. Thanks you for visiting and commenting. We appreciate you voting.

Rebecca E. 6 years agofrom Canada

from all of us here 10 thumbs waaay up.. i have a few friends over, so we're enjoying your hubs.... what can I say awesome!

Victoria Stephens 6 years agofrom London

I'd quite like to see hubnuggets for the long term hubbers too, say for example: anyone who has kept their score above 90 for a yr or something along them lines.xxx

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Glen619, thank you. It was fun to do, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Hope you voted.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Zsuzsy, I was feeling a little nostalgic for spring, even here in sunny Florida were are feeling the winter. It certainly wasn't easy to pick a favorite, there were so many good ones. Thanks for voting.

I join you in congratulating all of the nominees and encouraage them to promote and build up their votes.

Zsuzsy Bee 6 years agofrom Ontario/Canada

Love the hub Gal, all those gorgeous pics are getting me antsy to go digging in the garden dirt instead of digging snow drifts from the driveway.

Did my civic duty read all the great hubs and voted for my three faves, which was not easy once again.

Congrats to all you nominees. Remember to promote, promote and promote your hub, get all your friends and relatives even Auntie Ethel and Uncle Buck to drop by and vote for your hub. They do not need to be Hubpages members to vote. Good luck.

Stay warm everyone

Zsuzsy

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Jamie, congrats on you win (a few months ago). That in itself should tell you something. Don't be afraid to join in the challenges. Jump right in and enjoy participating. You'll do great.

Hope you voted for your favorite HubNugget.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Thank you Prastio. That's what we're here for - to help and motivate. You guys do the writing along with us. We all help one another.

Jamie Brock 6 years agofrom Texas

Hi KK Gals.. Love this hub! I was nominated (and actually won!)a few months ago and it really boosted my confidence here on HubPages- not to mention the boost in traffic and several new followers! I've been plugging away ever since :0) I have been wanting to participate in some of the challenges but I'm still a bit shy I guess.

Thank you for sharing :0)

prasetio30 6 years agofrom malang-indonesia

Very inspiring hub. Thanks for share with us. I wish I have much time join hubnuggets. You give us some motivations to write and write on HubPages. Vote up. Love and peace,

Prasetio

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

BRIAN, I can't wait for spring. I felt we needed a little of it brought to us now. Don't forget to vote.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Thanks RedElf, for answering Howard S question so beautifully. We had such wonderful HubNugget categories, they were faily easy to work with. Can't wait for spring.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

FaithDream, you certainly deserved the nomination. We are so pleased to have you here with us as part of our hubbers. We are happy to help - keep on writing, we will keep on reading. Good luck. Don't forget to vote. And don't forget to tell all of your friends to vote.

Brian Slater 6 years agofrom Nottingham Uk

With spring just around the corner your pictures of gardens had me wishing I could get out into mine.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

ripplemaker, I know what you mean. It is so hard to choose sometimes, there are so many good hubs. I wish I could vote for them all.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Thank you allweathersforum. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for visiting and I hope you voted.

Enelle Lamb 6 years agofrom Canada's 'California'

What lovely gardens :D Since the groundhog didn't see its shadow, we (we meaning the west coast) should be seeing the robins in no time :D (Crocuses are already up!!)

What a great hub Gals - It was a tough decision to choose only one from each category, but I managed :D Voted up and voted!

FaithDream 6 years agofrom (Midwest) USA

All I can say is to be nominated is an honor to me. Then to have the song, "Wonderful World" shown here, well that song means more to me than I can say here.

My dream of writing has now been realized.

I have been nominated for the distinguished hubnugget prize.

Making your life count. Thank you for the nomination. I am blessed to be part of such a rich group of hubs.

Michelle Simtoco 6 years agofrom Cebu, Philippines

KoffeeKlatchGals, I had an enjoyable time reading the Hubnuggets! As always it was tough having to choose only one per category. Great job to everyone! Vote, vote, and vote!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

allweathersforum 6 years agofrom Gans Oklahoma

Very interesting, and I love the pictures.

RedElf 6 years agofrom Canada

Love the Gardens, Gals! What a wonderful idea to showcase the HubNuggets!

Congratulations to all the nominees!

Howard, there used to be only 10 nominees to vote for each week. The voting was closed in the hubs you checked out because each contest is only open for a week - we hold a new contest every week.

Now there are six in each of three categories, for a total of 18 nominees.

The nominating or selecting is done by the HubNuggets team each week, and then the final 18 are showcased in a round up hub like this one, where everyone is encouraged to come and vote for their favorites in each category.

Hope this helps, but do check out the learning center link. :D:D

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Howard S. Visit http://learningcenter.hubpages.com/hubnuggets It should help answer many of your questions. Also, if you see a new hub by a hubber who has been with hubpages leass than 60 days, has an author score of 75 or more, a hub score of at least 55 and has been published within the last 7 days, contact one of the HubNuggets Team and let them know. They will certainly consider it, but there is no guarentee that it will become a HubNugget Wannabe.

Thanks for visiting the hub, I hope I helped. If there are any other questions please get back in touch. Make sure you vote.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Thank you Rhonda. I hope you voted for yuor favorite HubNugget Wannabes.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

I know what you mean ladyjane1. Spring can't get here quick enough for me. I have always loved Louie Armstrong and especially that particular song.

Congratulations to all of the HubNugget Wannabes and good luck.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

Patty, I love Louie Armstrong and thought his song with the imagery went with the hub. We have a terrific group of hubs - I hope everyone is voting and promoting.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

ripplemaker, the team really is great isn't it. We had some wonderful hubs this week by our new hubbers. I wish all of them luck.

They deserve all the votes from everyone. Please vote for your favorites.

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Susan Haze 6 years agofrom Sunny Florida

dahoglund, it was a great hub and very appropriate for this time of year. Just in time for Black History Month.

Howard S. 6 years agofrom Dallas, Texas, and Asia

I am terribly confused, and this may not be the best place to ask it, but the most blatant example of confusion is in the first paragraph above: "This is where we go to help decide who will be on the HubNuggets Wannabe List." I've been back and forth through several hubs explaining the HubNuggets Wobbleknees program and the majority view is that the Wannabees are the ten finalists for voting. The quote is saying the Wannabees are the result of the vote. Also, the link on that sentence goes to a past list, which is closed I think.

Third--and here's my question--one of the HubNuggets hubs stated that anyone can nominate a qualifying hub for consideration, even though all 2500-3000 qualifying hubs are automatically considered. If one wanted to nominate a hub, who is the contact? What is the process? Or does "nominate" in this case simply mean voting for one of the ten finalists? Shirley's hub doesn't elucidate. Is there another place to look? Thanks.

Very nice makes me yearn for spring. I also love the Louis Armstrong song, my daughter used to love that song when she was little and would stop fussing when we played it for her.........Congrats to everyone and good luck. Cheers.

Patty Inglish 6 years agofrom North America

Gardens are just what we need as cold weather slowly crawls away from us in the Midwest! Louis Armsgtrong is a big favorite with me, too. Thanks for the great Hub!

Congratulations to all the HubNuggets Wannabes this week - have your friends and families vote for you!

Michelle Simtoco 6 years agofrom Cebu, Philippines

What beautiful imagery KoffeeKlatch Gals...and I am awed because I am surrounded by fantastic people! So wonderful! Salute to the Hubnuggets Team and this week's Hubnuggets Wannabes!

Congratulations to all the nominees! :)

Don A. Hoglund 6 years agofrom Wisconsin Rapids

I vvoted for the hub on black soldiers. It is a topic I thought about myself